Credit & Collections Specialist

Credit and Collections Specialist

Location: Nantwich, Spinneyfields Farm, Main Road, Worleston, CW5 6DN

Hours: Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours per week, 7.5 hours per day, core hours - 10am-4pm
Salary: £25,000-£30,000 per annun, depending on experience

Benefits: Free Onsite Parking, 33 Days holidays including 3 pre booked bank holidays , Pension, Company Shop (offering discounts on products), Refer a Friend Cash Scheme, Discount on Bikes and Tech Scheme, Confidential Employee Assist Programme.

Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.

Are you a Credit and Collections Specialist looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?

Ornua is actively seeking a Credit and Collections Specialist to join our Finance department as we continue our growth trajectory. As our next Credit and Collections Specialist, you will play a key role in; supporting the Financial Accountant in strengthening and developing a strong internal collections environment.

Why Ornua?

• Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
• The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
• Ornua Ingredients is responsible for the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products and for the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufactures and foodservice customer across the world.
• Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
• Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
• We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

The Credit and Collections Specialist is responsible for leading on;

• Reducing debt due to Ornua.
• Daily cash collection and allocation activities
• Reviewing sales orders that do not initially pass internal credit checks sent to Financial Accountant to review.
• Daily issue of sales invoices to customers, along with statements as required.
• Regular dialogue with customers to identify errors and swift follow-up with the sales, supply chain and technical teams to resolve issues and queries.
• Monitoring of performance against agreed KPIs, such as % of invoices overdue working with Finance Services’ team.
• Completion of Weekly Aged Debtors report, Month End Control Accounts and customer Set up Process and changes to master data
• Other ad-hoc duties and reporting requirements as assigned by the Financial Accountant

What You Bring To The Role:

• AAT qualified or part-qualified preferred or demonstrable and practical experience in a finance role, preferably Accounts Receivable
• Experience of working with an ERP system, such as Infor, SAP, Sage
• Proficient in Microsoft office software, most importantly Microsoft Excel
• Excellent communication skills required, both internally and externally, using telephone or email to suit the circumstances.

Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.

Would you like to make an impact?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com

We are open to discussing full-time and part-time working options for this role

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